Damage mechanics analysis for predicting mechanical behavior of general composite laminates containing transverse cracks

Advanced Composite Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 363-375

  Kobayashi, Satoshi ^a   Ogihara, Shinji ^b   Takeda, Nobuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composite laminate; Crack opening displacement; Damage mechanics; Energy release rate; Transverse crack

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000630666     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: 15685519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685510052000165     Document Type: Article

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